We return to places which have been in the news – often a long time ago, sometimes recently – to see how local people are rebuilding their lives. Sunday at 10:10pm. Or you can catch it online from Friday.
Latest episodes
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16 min
Sierra Leone: From 'blood diamonds' to stones of hope?
"Blood diamonds" became infamous for funding the brutal civil war in Sierra Leone. Beginning 25 years ago, the Kimberley Process aimed to put an end to this illegal trade. Accused…
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15 min
From 'Jungle' to jungles, migrants in Calais continue to dream of UK
October 2026 marks 10 years since the Calais "Jungle" in northern France was dismantled by French police. The camp was home to thousands of migrants who wanted to cross the Channel…
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Revisited: Consequences of the 2022 Nord Stream pipeline sabotage are still being felt
It is one of the most spectacular acts of sabotage committed since World War II. On the night of September 26, 2022, three of the four pipes of the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2…
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Japan's controversial WWII heroes: How one kamikaze pilot escaped certain death
Towards the end of World War II, as US troops advanced across the Pacific, Japan resorted to a desperate strategy: kamikaze attacks. Thousands of Japanese pilots, with an average a…
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Port Arthur: The shooting that changed Australia
Thirty years ago, Australia experienced the deadliest mass shooting in its history. The Port Arthur massacre transformed the country’s relationship to guns and reshaped firearms po…
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US history gets a presidential makeover for its 250th birthday
This year, the United States is marking 250 years of independence with celebrations across the country. An historic occasion that US President Donald Trump intends to turn into the…
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17 min
Brexit: 10 years of regret?
On June 23, 2016 the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union with 52 percent of "Leave" votes against 48 percent for "Remain". It was a political storm few had predicted.…
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Mexico's Tijuana: From gateway to the American Dream to dead end
With Iran's national football team set to be based in Tijuana, Mexico, for the upcoming World Cup, our reporters Laurence Cuvillier and Matthieu Comin travelled to the Mexican city…
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Bangalore: India's Silicon Valley, a city straining under pressure
Over the past 25 years, Bengaluru, still popularly known as Bangalore, has transformed into India's Silicon Valley. The South Indian city of nearly 15 million people is now home to…
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'Baseball bat years' continue to haunt eastern Germany, 30 years on
In the 1990s, just after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the former East Germany experienced a wave of far-right racist and political violence. In Germany, this period is known as the…
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16 min
Gladio: NATO’s secret cold war operation in Italy
One of Europe’s biggest state secrets – and a scandal that still shakes Italy today – was a clandestine army set up by NATO after World War II to block the spread of communism. Dur…
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Soviet famine still haunts Moldova, 80 years on
Eighty years ago, Moldova was struck by a famine that killed more than 150,000 people. Long shrouded in silence, this episode remains a blind spot in the country's history. But gra…
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15 min
South Korea: The forgotten Jeju uprising and massacre
Nearly 80 years ago, a brutal crackdown on Jeju Island in southern Korea claimed tens of thousands of lives. In the aftermath of World War II, the Korean peninsula was drawn into t…
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Amid chaos, southern Yemen dreams of regaining independence
Hundreds of thousands of people in Aden, in southern Yemen, are calling for the return of the pre-1990 state of South Yemen, creating a gaping rift with the legitimate Saudi-backed…
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Ghosts of the Atlantic: In Senegal, a bid to identify missing migrants
Twenty years after the 2006 migration crisis, the Atlantic route between Senegal and the Canary Islands remains one of the most dangerous for migrants. In 2024, more than 10,000 pe…
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One year of Trump in the White House: America more divided than ever
In the space of one year, US President Donald Trump has signed hundreds of executive orders. He has ordered mass deportations, cut thousands of federal jobs, launched a trade war a…
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Chadian victims of 2007 French false adoption scandal still seeking compensation
Eighteen years after the scandal of false African adoptions involving the French NGO Zoe's Ark, many of the Chadian victims are still fighting for compensation. FRANCE 24's Harold…
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Turkey's Kurdish city of Diyarbakir hopes for peace following PKK dissolution
It's a conflict that has raged for 40 years – and cost the lives of 40,000 people – but could now be coming to an end. Since the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militant group annou…
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15 min
Ten years after Paris attacks, Belgian district of Molenbeek struggles to change its image
A decade after the Paris terror attacks that left 131 people dead and more than 400 wounded, the Belgian district of Molenbeek is trying to reinvent itself. The Brussels neighbourh…
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2005 riots: Have Paris's underprivileged suburbs left their violent past behind?
It’s been two decades since a wave of riots in France was sparked by the tragic death of two young men fleeing a police patrol in the Paris suburb of Clichy-sous-Bois. Have lessons…